Table 2.
Detection of Helicobacter pylori using H&E, Giemsa, toluidine blue and IHC staining methods in correlation with degree of inflammation and activity.
| Degree of inflammation ( no. of cases) |
H&E
|
Giemsa
|
Toluidine blue
|
IHC
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +No. (%) | -No. (%) | +No. (%) | -No. (%) | +No. (%) | -No. (%) | +No. (%) | -No. (%) | ||||
| Mild chronic inactive gastritis (24) |
1 (4.20) | 23 (95.8) | 5 (20.8) | 19 (79.2) | 9 (37.50) | 15 (62.50) | 15 (62.50) | 9 (37.5) | |||
| Moderate chronic inactive gastritis (5) |
2 (40.00) | 3 (60.0) | 3 (60.0) | 2 (40.0) | 3 (60.00) | 2 (40.00) | 4 (80.00) | 1 (20.0) | |||
| Mild chronic active gastritis (9) |
2 (22.20) | 7 (77.8) | 2 (22.2) | 2 (22.2) | 6 (66.66) | 3 (33.30) | 8 (88.88) | 1 (11.1) | |||
| Moderate chronic active gastritis (16) |
13 (81.25) | 3 (18.75) | 14 (87.5) | 14 (87.5) | 15 (93.75) | 1 (6.25) | 16 (100.00) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Total (54) | 18 (33.30) | 36 (66.7) | 24 (44.4) | 24 (44.4) | 33 (61.11) | 18 (33.30) | 43 (79.63) | 11 (20.1) | |||
H&E, hematoxylin and eosin, IHC, immunohistochemical